Axel von Ambesser

Axel von Ambesser
Born	22 June 1910 Hamburg Germany
Died	6 September 1988 Munich, Germany
Other names	Axel Eugen Alexander von Österreich
Occupation	Film actor film director
Years active	1935–1988

Axel Eugen Alexander von Österreich (22 June 1910 – 6 September 1988), better known as Axel von Ambesser, was a German actor and film director.

Ambesser's father was Alexander Constantin von Oesterreich. Ambesser was born in Hamburg and attended Wilhelm-Gymnasium. He appeared as a stage actor in the Hamburger Kammerspielen, and went on to play in the Stadttheater Augsburg, the Münchner Kammerspiele, from 1937 the Deutsche Theater Berlin, from 1942 the Staatstheater Berlin, and the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna.

Selected filmography

Actor

• The Heart of a Queen (1940)
• The Adventures of Fridolin (1948)
• Who Wants to Sleep? (1965)

Director

• Breakfast in Bed (1963)
• Marry Me, Cherie (1964)
• I Learned It from Father (1964)
• Who Wants to Sleep? (1965)

External links

• Axel von Ambesser at the Internet Movie Database